Horseman&#39;s coat



D. B. WILSON.

HORSEMANS COAT.

APPLxCATIoN man JUNE 14. 1918.

1 ,330, 152. Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

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vHORSIMAN'S COAT.

APPLICATION HLEDJUNE14.1918.

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DAVID B. WILSON, ola-GARY, INDIANA.

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Application filed .Tune 14, Serial'Nm 23S-3,9678.'

To all whom iti/nay concern: j

it know-n that I, DAVID B; WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and Statel of Indiana, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Horseinens Coats;

and lj do hereby declare the following to be.

awfull, clear, and exact description.' of the invention, such as will enable others Vskilled. in the art to which it appertainsto'inake and use thesaine.

Thisinventionis an improvement in apparel, and has particular reference toan ererco'at adapted to be worn by horsemen.

in object of Vtliei'nvention is tovprovide av coat te be interchangeably used for riding and walking, and so constructed that when riding portions thereof may be adjusted' to forni leg sections,which are 'secured about lthc upper portions of the legs'in"sueh manner as to protect the saine against inclement weather.

Another object is the provision of detachable aprons or skirts designed to be applied te the coat, when riding, so that the same may be employed tocover the pommel and cantle of the saddle.

A further object, is the provision of a garment of this character which is simple in construction, easy to manufacture and effective in carrying out the purpose for which it is designed. .Y

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustrating the invention, is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garmentw constructed in accordance with the invention, and showing certain parts thereof folded back for purposes of better illustration,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the garment, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, f

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Fig. 2.

The drawings illustrate what is now bev-,

lieved to be a preferred form of the inven- Y tion, which comprises the body portion 5, including the usual collar 6 and sleeves 7, the lower ends of which are encircled by straps 8 arranged in guide loops 9, and adapted to be I drawn tightly about the wrists ofthe wearer to provide storm sleeves which will prevent the sleeves of an undergarment from becomvliaps may be secured thereto.

is a section on the line -L ofv ing wet. Itwill', of" course, be obvious that thelgarnient-'may be niade of any` desired of waterproof cloth. y'lhe-co'atlfi's openwat the front asusualA and provided along one edge with a plurality ofbuttons or other suitablefasteners" 10 vwit-h which cooperate the buttonholes 1 1 formed" along the other edge to fasten the garment about-the'body offfthe wearer, the 4lowerrnost buttons and buttonlioles-bein-g only employed @when the overcoat lis used in the` usual manner,` as when'walking. The backV 1Q ofthe body 5 is formed inVV the( 'lower `portion f thereof with a slit' 13, whichV 'eXtends approximately to the waistline of the garnient'- andla'long cach edgeo the slit is secured a flap-1471, each of whichv fisl provided with a plurality -of f'suitable lfasteners1'5, f and the upper ends ofsaid fia-psare enlarged', as rindicated at" 16," and provided with fasteners 17 for engagementI with similar fasteners carried by the body portion, whereby the upper ends of said Thev front edges of the body portionfrof the garment are also provided with the naps 18, having fasteners 119 secured thereto below the waist' line of the garment for a purpose which will presently appear.

In riding, it is proposed to form leg sections 20 vof the lower portion of the body 5 and, to this end, the rear flaps 14 are drawn forwardly vbetween the legs of the wearer and the fasteners 15 thereof are engaged with the fasteners 19 of the front flap 18, whereby said leg sections will be caused to encircle the upper portions of the legs of the wearer and thus effectively cover and protect the same. In this manner it will be obvious that the garment may be readily and lquickly transformed from its normal condition into a garment particularly adapted for riding purposes.

,Preferably above the waistline the body portion 5 is provided with a `belt 21 encircling the same and having its upper edge stitched or otherwise secured thereto, and its l Y teners`i23, whereby and alterations,

the aprons lmay be detachably secured to the body and depend from beneath the belt. *TheseV aprons vorY skirts 24k-and 25 are employed, respectively,

for the purpose of effectively covering the pommel and cantle of thesaddle when the rider is `,seated therein', thus' lprotecting the ysaddle against inclement Weather.v It will connection with the accompanying drawings, it will beobvious that, with slight changes scribed herein,:and alsothat the invention f provides a garment which maybe nterchangeably employed for Walking and rid- 1ng. Y l

yWhat is claimed is:

prising a, body portion open at the front for the entire length and having the rear por tion thereof split from the bottom to approximately the waistline, fasteners secured longitudinally of and adjacent the edges of the slit, other fasteners secured to the front having an ordinary overcoat imay be transformed into a garment such as debelt extending about the garment above the Y Awaistline and adjacentv the armpits, the belt being secured at its upper edge and having its lower portion free, fasteners carried by the body beneath the belt, and forward and rear prons extending about the body and their upper edge portions extending beneath teners.

the belt and connected with the fas- 2., A garment of the character' described Y comprising a' body,.a belt extendingabout lthefbody beneath the arms and securedv to the body at its upper edge with its 'lower edge free, forward and rear aprons extending about the body and having their upper edge portions fitting beneath the belt, and

means for releasably securing the upper edge Y portion of the belt. 1 A garment of the class described com` VDAVID B. wiLsoN.

-Witnessesz THEoDoRE E. COOK, Y H. P. BoDE. Y 

